St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-27
VERMONT NEWS.
Dedication of the Brooks Library.

The new Brooks library building at
BrattleborO was formally dedicated
Tuesday night with impressive cere-
monies. The town hall was filled to
its utmost capacity by representative
audience, including IA number from
distant cities. The handsome library
building was opened to the public
during the day and a number of peo-
pie from near and far inspected its
beauty and admirable convenience.
One of the most touching features of
the dedicatOry exercises was the read
ing by the president of the evening of
Mr.. Brooks's uncompleted speech which
he was engaged in preparing at the
hour of his sudden death about a
mouth ago.
The program was carried out prac-
tically as arranged before Mr.. Brooks's
death and consisted of music by the
Philharmonic orchestra, prayer by
Rev. G. HI. Merrill, an address by the
president Hon. B. d. Harris, music by
male quartette, reading of the will of
the donor by Senator Stoddard, re-
sponses by Hon. j. NJ. Tyler for the
trustees and reply for the inhabi-
tants by Prof. HI. ID. HoltOn, conclud-
ing with scholarly grafton by Hon.
Mellen Chamberlin of Boston and an
original hymn, after which the audi
ence joined in singing "America." The
trustees of the new library building
named in Mr.. BrOOks's will are Hon.
B. d. Harris, DR.. Joseph Draper, Hon.
James M. Tyler, Col. j. j. Estey and
Hon. H. S. Wheeler.
Attempted Suicide.
Gertie Nelson aged about 20, who
has been working in the family of H.
<. Slayton, Montpelier, attempted sui
eide Thursday night, taking Trough
on Rats" Her condition was discOv-
cred by her brother shortly after she
had taken the poison, and while her
condition is critical it is possible that
the antidOtes administered may save
her life. She had claimed to be mar
ried and attempted suicide because of
the alleged discovery that no marriage
ceremony had been performed.
The mill owners of Bellows Falls
talk of organizing national bank.
Gov. Ormsbee has postponed till
April Is the visit which the Vermont
commissioners had planned
to make to Gettysburg to-day.
There is an ice jam at Bolton in the
WinOOski river, and the intervals are
covered with water, which is now two
feet deep over the railroad track at |
Pine flats
1t is expected that the Barre railroad |
will be reOpened through to MOntpel-
Ter by next week, as the work on the |
bridges between that point and Barre |
junction Is nearly cOmnlata6
Fred Houghton, who was chosen
auditor of the state dairymen's assO-
citation at st. Johnsbury last week,
owns the famous HOughtOn cattle farm
at Putney, and his Holsteins are among
the best in the country.
A large delegation of those interest
ed in stock breeding and especially in
the improvement in horses, met at |
White River Junction Tuesday and or
ganized joint stock company, with
ample capital, and decided to purchase
at once the celebrated stock horse
w estmOnt.
John Garland, 81, was discharged
last week from the Vermont state prs
Dn, where he had been serving a five
years. sentence for hOrse-stealing. He
had served one eight-years' term in
Vermont before this, besides a term in
Connecticut and three terms in the
Clinton te-prisOn at Dannemora, N.
Y. He has spent altogether 30 years in
prison.
George F. MOseley Il veteran express
will have been on the line
from Bellows Falls to Springfield.
Mass, twenty-three years next month.
The trip makes him 1000 miles a week,
with margin of eight miles for an Oc
,asional day off. In these years he
has travelled L., 10000 miles, sufficient
20 go around the world nearly forty
ii Uht times